WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) -- The North Carolina Department of Transportation has hired a Pennsylvania company to do work on the bridge to Wrightsville Beach.
The state will pay American Bridge Company of Coraopolis, PA, $5.6 million to make improvements to the Heide Trask drawbridge. The contract includes replacing the steel grid floor, operator house and span drive motors, as well as other electrical repairs.
Work can begin as early as Dec. 1 and be completed by March 29, 2013.
Seriously?!?
North Carolina couldn't find a NORTH CAROLINA contractor??? We had to go outside of the State, instead of hiring within?? No wonder our unemployment numbers are so high. . . .
Agreed. BUT, government has
Agreed. BUT, government has made it so expensive to do business in NC that none of the NC contractors could bid any lower than they did.
Ever heard of competitive bids?
As a taxpayer I want them using any company that can do the work adequately AND AT THE LOWEST COST.
Wanted a good job.
NC, just wanted the job done right.